ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 140 Burning the City
"The Crotone people have already bullied us, why don't the soldiers show them a little bit of strength?!" Stromboli, who had wanted to compromise with Crotone before, was also angry at this moment.

"The soldiers obeyed Lord Davos's order and strictly guarded the city, but they all wished they could eat the meat of the Crotones alive!" Amyntas vented his grievances to Davos.

"Lord Archon, are we just going to watch the Crotones run wild on our land?!" Scombbras shouted unwillingly.

"Of course not!" Davos replied loudly and resolutely, with a strange light shining in his eyes: "The fist is withdrawn to punch out better. Crotone's army is stronger than us, this is a fact. So we have to wait, Just like in boxing, a good boxer always defends first, waits for his opponent to reveal a flaw, and then delivers a fatal blow!"

Everyone in the venue was shocked when they heard this.

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By the time Archita disembarked at Thurii, Melantheus was already back in the city.

Archita made a serious protest to him on behalf of Tarantum. Melantheus said disapprovingly: "Crotone has no ill intentions towards Amendolara. I just want to go out and fight with this man who is said to be able to defeat more with less." I said hello to the young consul, but I didn’t expect that he was so timid that he didn’t even dare to come out to meet me!”

Archita breathed a sigh of relief for a moment, and then he said a harsh word: "If Crotone goes to war with Amendolara, Tarantum will join forces with Metapontum and Heraclea at all costs to fight Crotone." Thone goes to war!”

At the same time, he also advised Melantheus: "Now that Crotone has occupied Thurii, washed away its shame, and won great glory. Then, it is time to lead the troops back to Crotone and let this land be restored." Restoring peace. I'm sure Lockery will be happy as is Tarantum!"

Of course, Melanthius could hear the threat in Archita's words. He had a sullen face and did not respond.

After completing his mission, Archita hurried to Amendolara.

At the foot of the mountain, he saw the ruins of warehouses and hotels that were burned to ashes and still smoking, and he became nervous again.

Entering the city, he saw the anger on the faces of the people one by one.Therefore, as soon as he saw Davos, he expressed condolences and concern for what Amendolara had suffered, and then said frankly: "Davos, Tarantum has no intention of going to war with Crotone for the time being. , I hope you can understand."

"Don't worry, although we are angry about what Crotone did, we can still restrain ourselves." Davos said calmly: "If a person is bitten by a dog, can he bite him back again?!"

Archita did not smile. The calmer Davos acted, the more uneasy he felt: after annihilating the Lucanian coalition, the soldiers of Tarantum were celebrating victory.But Davos and his men went back to the camp to sleep, saying they wanted to recover their exhausted strength, but the next day they told him, 'Amendolara has been recaptured! '

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When Tarantum's envoys arrived in Crotone, the Council of Crotone City Hall was having a heated discussion on the "follow-up matters concerning the occupation of Turui City".

Conservatives such as the general Lysias suggested that after plundering the wealth of Thurii, support a pro-Crotone puppet government, and then retreat to avoid causing dissatisfaction with surrounding city-states.

Radical ones such as Chief General Milon (the same name as Milon, a famous athlete from Crotone a hundred years ago. Because this athlete was so legendary, he was regarded as the hero of Crotone, so many Crotone children later Both were named Milon by their parents) believed: Turrii and Crotone have already forged a deep hatred. It is difficult for the government they support to maintain power, and it is too close to Tarantum. If the garrison is retained, not only will it be Spreading Crotone's own power will, over time, arouse even more hatred among the local people and Tarantum. The best way is to burn the city!

"Burn the city?!" The other generals and congressmen were shocked when they heard this.

"That's right, burn the city!" Milon said emotionally: "Our ancestors defeated Sybaris and destroyed the city twice. The last time was to dig the Craty River and wash away the city of Sybaris with floods, which was a great achievement. Our reputation shocked Magna Graecia and brought about the prosperity of Crotone and the hegemony of this area! However, since we were defeated by the coalition of Locri and Ligem decades ago, some city-states no longer respect us so much. , and secretly working against us, we need to re-establish the majesty of Crotone! Now, a great opportunity is before us, this is a gift from the gods! If we miss it, we will be punished!

Moreover, after destroying Thurii, the Sybari Plain will temporarily become an unowned land. We can recruit immigrants from Greek or other places who are friendly with us and build a new city on the Sybari Plain. Send some landless citizens in our city to become new immigrants in the new city. I believe that the surrounding city-states will not find fault with us, and our power in Crotone will expand to the north, strengthening our strength..."

Milon's words were both inspiring and actionable, and were endorsed by the majority of the council.

As a result, Crotone's messengers rushed to Turui quickly, and Melancius, who was doing nothing, got an order from the Crotone City Hall, and he became excited, dancing and saying: "As the third destroyer As the general of the city-state on the Xubari Plain, I will definitely be remembered in history!"

He acted quickly and first asked the free people who had surrendered to him to immediately use boats to build a pontoon bridge on the Krati River (the original pontoon bridge had been burned by the Turiyi people).

Then it was charged, claiming to punish the person behind the killing of the Crotone envoy. As a result, all the rich businessmen in Thurii were arrested, tortured, imprisoned, and even executed, and all the family's wealth was confiscated.

Soon, the impatient Melanthius felt that this method was too slow and was impatient, so he simply ordered: Loot all the food and property in the city!
Suddenly, the whole city of Turiyi burst into tears. The people of Turiyi who were lying on the ground and wailing never expected that a more terrible disaster would befall them shortly afterwards...

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Amendolara, who was cruising and observing outside the city of Turui, saw Crotone soldiers escorting the people of Turui out of the city from afar.

Not long after, thick smoke billowed out from everywhere in the city, and fires soon broke out...

The scout immediately reported back to Ryders.

Ledes was shocked when he heard this, and quickly rode across the Saraceno River to confirm.

At this time, Thurii had become a city of fire, and the people outside the city were crying loudly...

Soon, Davos received the urgent news and was stunned: Crotone is destroying the city!Are they going to retreat? !
Asistes cursed Crotone's cruelty from the side, but Davos sat down, rubbing his chin, thinking about the significance of this important event for Amendolara.

Then, Asistes saw Davos standing up again and pacing back and forth in the hall with a very strange expression.

When he was a little dazzled, Davos suddenly asked with a trembling voice: "If Crotone's army sets out now, where will they probably be by dusk?"

Asistes thought for a while and said: "They can't move very fast with so much luggage. They will probably reach Castellon by dusk."

"Will Castellon let the army enter the city?" Daves asked again eagerly.

"How is that possible! These guys just looted and burned the city of Thurii!"

Davos nodded, and Asistes agreed with what he thought, walked back and forth a few more steps, and finally made up his mind, he said: "Go and tell Ledes to keep an eye on the pontoon bridge on the Kraty River. It was not burned! At the same time, Izam’s mountain reconnaissance team was sent to follow and observe the march of the Crotone army. Where is the camp? ! I want him to send someone to report to me at any time!"

"Yes!" Assistes replied excitedly. After following Davos for so long, he knew that Davos must be planning a big move. The young man still couldn't help asking excitedly: "My lord, Are you preparing to attack this army in Crotone?!”

"Whether to attack or not depends on whether the people of Crotone give us a chance!" Daves sneered: "The wolf in Crotone owes a lot of blood debts, so he wants to go back easily, it's not that easy , I believe that the just and selfless Hades will take care of us! It’s time for us to show our fangs!

Davos said it righteously, but in fact there was another reason that made him determined: the destruction of Thurii gave him a vague idea of ​​a greater opportunity than attacking Lucania, an opportunity that allowed Amendolara to quickly Powerful opportunity!But this requires him to make a big gamble again!
The Senate meeting was convened urgently. When Davos announced the news that "Turiyi was burned down", the senators were not surprised. They had already digested this shocking bad news before coming, but the old citizens were in a more complicated mood. They once hated Tuliyi's selfishness for causing Amendolara to be hit hard, but when even worse retribution came to Tuliyi, they found that they did not feel so happy in their hearts, but pity overcame their hatred.

But then Davos said indignantly: "Crotone's crimes must be punished! As an ally of Turui, we Amendolara are obliged to avenge the people of Turui! Of course, it is more necessary for us to tell Crotone Rotone, the Subari Plain is not a place where they can come and go whenever they want! I announce that Amendolara will mobilize for war and prepare to attack Crotone's army!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the venue was in an uproar.

"Great! These damn Crotones should have been beaten hard long ago!" Amyntas shouted excitedly.

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